Lanier Primary remembers Odum

Diane Stewart/For Bryan County Now Family members, friends, staff and the kindergarten class of Ke'Shawn Odum gathered Tuesday afternoon at Lanier Primary School for a bench dedication in his honor.

Family members, friends, and classmates of Ke’Shawn Odum, some wearing T-shirts with “Rest in Paradise” and Ke’Shawn’s photo on them, gathered Tuesday afternoon at Lanier Primary School for the dedication of a bench his honor. Odum, a kindergarten student at the school, died after being struck by a pickup truck on his way home from school Feb. 8.

School principal Patti Newman thanked everyone for coming to remember Ke’Shawn, whom she referred to as a “special little boy.” After a moment of silence and brief comments, Newman closed the ceremony by reading a poem titled “God’s Little Angels.”

After the ceremony Ke’Shawn’s mother, Keisha Odum, said:

“I want to say thank you to everybody in the community; everybody that helped us through our bad times and ask that they continue praying for our family,” she said.